
Restraint at Risk: The Anatomy of India-Pakistan De-escalation
By Chiara Cervasio and Nicholas J. Wheeler
Since 2019, each India-Pakistan crisis has set a new and more dangerous threshold for military action – yet both are overly confident about controlling escalation.

80 Years Later, Okinawa Remains Haunted by the Ghosts of War
By Cristian Martini Grimaldi
The hellish Battle of Okinawa left psychological scars that persist to the present day.

The Political Messaging of China and Serbia’s Belgrade Bombing Commemoration
By Vincent K. L. Chang
Memories of NATO's bombing of the Chinese embassy in 1999 reinforce China and Serbia’s partnership, with an eye to establishing a “shared future.”

Risk and Reward in Central Asia’s Critical Raw Materials Boom
By Nazerke Mukhamediya and Dana Ubaidolla
As Brussels, Beijing, Moscow, and Washington scramble to secure key materials for clean energy and new tech, they have begun to size up the region's potential.